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BEFORE: A key feature of Affinity is Personas; each persona has a different workspace with an array of tools. Credit: James Paterson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Photoshop has been the\u00a0 undisputed king of image editors for the best part of 25 years, but since the introduction of the subscription-based model in 2013, many photographers \u2013 put o by the thought of perpetual monthly payments for the rest of their image-editing lives \u2013 have been looking elsewhere. One popular option that offers a great deal of bang for the buck is Serif\u2019s Affinity Photo. Costing the equivalent of just five months of Adobe\u2019s Photography Plan subscription, Affinity Photo has been making headway with photographers for a few years now, and its development has progressed rapidly.<\/p>\n

But cost counts for nothing unless it delivers. Affinity Photo gives you an impressive range of image-editing controls. It can\u2019t compare with Photoshop in terms of its feature set, but there\u2019s an argument that many photographers \u2013 particularly casual users \u2013 don\u2019t necessarily need the depth of tools on o er in Photoshop, which encompass all kinds of workflows, from 3D rendering to video editing. So if you\u2019re looking for a powerful photo editor that is also kind on the wallet, Affinity Photo might be the right choice for you. Over these pages we\u2019ll take time to explore many of its key features and benefits.<\/p>\n\t\t

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AFTER: The Photo Persona is where you’ll spend most of your time editing photos. Credit: James Paterson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Getting started with Affinity Photo<\/h2>\n

Upon first opening an image into Affinity Photo the range of tools might seem daunting. So it helps to spend a little time finding your way around. One of the key features of the interface is Personas. Accessed via five buttons at the top left of the interface, Personas are Affinity Photo\u2019s approach to different workspaces, each with their own array of tools and commands. The tools usually appear in a toolbar on the left, with additional controls in the panels on the right. First is the Photo Persona (pictured), which is where you\u2019ll spend most of your time editing photos. Next is the Liquify Persona. Here you can push, pull, twirl, bloat and reshape your images. Following Liquify is the Develop Persona, which is Affinity Photo\u2019s answer to raw editing. After this comes the Tone Mapping Persona. This can be used to tone HDR images, although you can also use it to give normal images the HDR look. Finally there\u2019s the Export Persona, which offers a range of export options that will be especially useful to designers and web developers.<\/p>\n

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If you’re a Photoshop user, it won’t take long to adjust to Affinity Photo’s interface. Credit: James Paterson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Making the switch<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re familiar with Photoshop then you can be up and running with Affinity Photo in very little time. It\u2019s an image editor very much cut from the same cloth. There are Layers, Blend Modes, Adjustment Layers, Masks and many other powerful features pioneered by Adobe and cannily incorporated into Affinity Photo. The interface is easily navigable with the familiar array of moveable panels, which include a History Panel, Channels, Styles and Brushes. And of course there\u2019s a Tools Panel which houses important tools like the Healing brush, Clone tool, Crop tool and Pen tool. As such, it\u2019s a slick package designed to allay the sense of disorientation that inevitably accompanies any foray into a new program, and one that makes the switch from Photoshop easier than you think.<\/p>\n

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A raw file will automatically open and appear in the Develop Persona. Credit: James Paterson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Raw editing<\/h2>\n

When you open a raw file into Affinity Photo it will automatically appear in the Develop Persona. This is the app\u2019s raw processor and, unlike a separate plug-in such as Photoshop\u2019s Camera Raw, it\u2019s included in the main interface. You\u2019ll find useful tonal sliders to the right of the screen, plus a selective brush and gradient tool that can be set to create linear, radial or elliptical adjustments. In the toolbar on the left there are essential tools for setting the white balance (use it to click on a neutral point in the image) plus cropping and blemish removal tools. Once you\u2019re finished editing your raw file you need to click the Develop button to commit the changes and access the other Personas. It\u2019s worth noting that after this you can still go back to the Develop Persona at any point in your workflow to use its tools on your image.<\/p>\n

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There are several tools for creating HDRs. Credit: James Paterson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Creating HDRs<\/h2>\n

If you enjoy HDR photography, Affinity Photo offers several useful exposure-merging and tone-mapping features. You\u2019ll need two or more bracketed exposures for this, shot using a tripod to keep them in alignment. First we merge the exposures together using the \u2018New HDR Merge\u2019 command found under the File menu. Once done, we can take the resulting 32-bit HDR image into the Tone Mapping Persona (accessed via the top left icon) to enhance the tones and detail, giving it the \u2018HDR look\u2019 if we choose to. The Tone Mapping Persona offers a range of presets on the left side that can be used to give your HDR instant looks like \u2018Dramatic\u2019 and \u2018Cool\u2019. On the right you\u2019ll find useful tonal controls such as Tone Compression, that\u2019s used to control the extent of dynamic range, and Local Contrast, which enhances details for the crunchy look associated with HDRs. Once done, we can go to Document>Color Format to convert the bit-depth to 8-bit before exporting in our chosen image format.<\/p>\n

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Layers are also available for more powerful editing. Credit: James Paterson<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Layer tools<\/h2>\n

Layers have long been the cornerstone of editing in Photoshop, and they\u2019re also at the heart of many of Affinity Photo\u2019s best features. For the uninitiated, Layers can be hard to grasp. It\u2019s helpful to think of them as layers or acetate placed on top of one another. The control centre for Layers is the Layers Panel, which offers access to all the most important features.<\/p>\n

In Affinity Photo, Layers can be used for all kinds of powerful edits. First and foremost, we can use them to combine images, or add graphics and text to photos \u2013 with each element confined to its own layer and therefore endlessly editable. As well as pixel-based layers that contain images or parts of images, we can also make use of Adjustment Layers. These act as standalone adjustments and affect all the layers below them in the layer stack. We can also employ a range of layer blending tools, from simple opacity settings to layer masks and Blend Modes \u2013 we\u2019ve used the Screen Blend Mode here to create a simple double exposure effect.<\/p>\n

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6 Photoshop-beating features in Affinity Photo<\/h2>\n\t\t
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1. Live Brush Previews<\/h2>\n

This feature will impress those of us used to using Photoshop brushes. The Affinity Brush tool cursor has a live preview that shows how it will work before we start painting \u2013 including any blend modes or opacity settings (handy for hand-colouring old photos by painting a layer set to the Colour Blend Mode here). It works brilliantly when painting layer masks too.<\/p>\n

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2. Macros<\/h2>\n

Macros are recordable operations similar to Photoshop Actions. We open the Macro Panel (View>Studio>Macros) and hit record, then any edits we make are recorded. Unlike Photoshop, we can tweak the settings within the macro steps. The saved macro appears in the Library Panel, ready to be applied to other photos or used for batch-processing.<\/p>\n

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3. Non-destructive resizing<\/h2>\n

If you resize a layer to make it smaller then choose to make it larger again, there will be no loss in quality \u2013 its highest resolution is always available regardless of its size on- screen. This is akin to converting a layer to a Smart Object in Photoshop, but with Affinity Photo non-destructive resizing is the default.<\/p>\n

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4. Mirror Filter<\/h2>\n

Accessed under Filter>Distort>Mirror, this unique filter is unashamedly great fun. It can result in wonderful symmetrical patterns, allowing you to transform photos into geometric designs in interesting and frequently unexpected ways. We simply set a number of mirrors, tweak the angle and drag the centre point to create the effect.<\/p>\n

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5. Frequency separation<\/h2>\n

Frequency separation is essential for high-end retouching, but in Photoshop it takes several steps to set up. By contrast, Affinity Photo offers a dedicated command under the filter menu. It creates a high frequency and low frequency layers, with a handy split-screen view to fine-tune the level of detail. Once applied, we can retouch each layer individually.<\/p>\n

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6. Blend Ranges<\/h2>\n

This command is found by clicking the cog icon in the layers panel. It allows us to blend layers based on the luminosity or colour values, letting us merge two photos in seconds. It\u2019s much like Photoshop\u2019s Blend If command, but it goes one further by offering an intuitive set of curve controls that allow for a finer degree of control. It lets us replace the sky in seconds.<\/p>\n

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James Paterson is as skilled a photo editor as he is a photographer. His work has appeared in countless magazines and books, and in 2014, he was appointed editor of Practical Photoshop magazine. His subjects range from portraits to landscapes, architecture and underwater scenes. Visit www.patersonphotos.com<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
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